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More like "US during British Colonial Times" != "USA Today", for starters USA during Reagan and USA today have the same constitution and the same governmental system even if specific laws and lawmakers have changed

This is very true. Whereas the USSR was run by one man who controlled the state security apparatus, and so controlled the country as an autocrat, Russia is run by a man who controls the country as an autocrat, having controlled the state security apparatus.

However the firm grip on Haiti and Latin America in general is not gone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Bertrand_Aristide

Iraq Invasion is the USA today

No? We finally had a president that hasn't started a new war (trump) and we are on track to having a president that hasn't started a new war and has withdrawn troops from one war. Things are changing.

A little early to state "things are changing." because the US hasn't invaded anyone in half a decade.

They're just saving up for next year's big surprise.